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ULTERIOR MOTIVES AAAA 1/2
ADAM & EVE PICTURES
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DIRECTOR: James Avalon
CAST: Evelyn Claire, Lumi Ray, Queenie Sateen, Scarlett
Alexis, Seth Gamble, Nathan Bronson, Robby Apples, Lucky
Fate
TIME: 215 Min.
CATEGORY: DRAMA
Black-and-white night shots of urban
streets. Close-up shots in a bar: ice
cubes, a bottle, a highball glass on
a shiny bar top. Evelyn Claire, with
her pale complexion and raven-black
hair, sidles up to a man at a barstool,
tells the bartender, "I'll have what he's
having."
When Seth Gamble snarks that he
hasn’t ordered yet, Claire takes the
lead, throwing a C-note on the bar and
saying, "On me. Two whiskeys. The
best you've got"—starting a cat-and-
mouse noir mystery involving stolen
money, hacked computer passwords,
and betrayals that unmask the real
motivations of the characters.
Visually intriguing, with rapid-fire
editing and alternating color and black-
and-white—sometimes in the same
shot—and with a storyline with more
twists and turns than a roller coaster,
Ulterior Motives received nominations
in six categories for the 2025 AVN
Awards: Grand Reel; Best Supporting
Actor for Nathan Bronson (who won);
Best Screenplay – Feature/Extended
Work for Wit Maverick; and three
technical noms for James Avalon.
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